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The world has forgotten the Yemen war, says senior UN humanitarian official
The world is ignoring the worsening humanitarian crisis in war-torn Yemen, the senior UN humanitarian official in the country has warned. Nearly two years of war between a Saudi-led Arab coalition and the Iran-allied Houthi movement has worsened the plight of millions of Yemenis. Even before the start of the conflict in March...
Isis militants and Israel clash for the first time in terror group’s history
Militants linked to Islamic State (Isis) have come into direct conflict with Israeli forces for the first time in the terror network's history on Sunday (27 November). Terrorists in Syria's south opened fire on a military patrol on the Israeli side of the Golan Heights and fired several mortar shells, before an Israeli...
Syrian regime forces capture Hanano area, largest rebel-held district in eastern Aleppo
Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad captured the largest rebel-held district in eastern Aleppo on Saturday, (26 November) Syrian state media reported. In a statement, the Syrian army said along with allies, it gained control of Masaken Hanano housing district, which is located on the north- eastern front line of...
Egypt to hold mass trial of suspected Islamic State militants
Egypt’s public prosecutor is to bring nearly 300 suspected Islamic State militants before the country’s military judiciary in one of the biggest trials of alleged violent extremists in recent years. The accused include members of Isis’s networks in Egypt and Saudi Arabia who plotted to kill the Egyptian...
Erdogan says Turkish-backed rebels close to taking Syria’s al Bab
ANKARA — Turkish-backed rebels are just 2 km from the northern Syrian city of al Bab and are expected to take it from ISIS quickly despite some resistance, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. The rebels said on Tuesday they had taken Qabasin, several km northeast of al Bab, to set the stage for an...